We started with a nice breakfast at iHop over by the old Voice of America property.
There were trains of all vintages, these are old ones. The trestles were built in the same design as the originals.
Yup, this is not a train. The layouts included water (real) and boats.
This old mine brought back memories of the days that I lived in Denver, Colorado and Rapid City, SD.
Everything wasn't just model trains; they also had many nice exhibits of train facts and history.
Our group even got an extra special tour of the "underground"! This is the area under the train layout and where all that water comes from. Yes, there are train tracks and trains running under the main exhibits. They have to go somewhere after they enter a tunnel. The controllers and computers for running much of the set up is also down here!
Our guide did a great job of explaining how everything works.
As our behind the scenes tour ended, we were fortunate to find a volunteer manufacturing and painting a new scenery set-up. Now, we must return to see the new stuff!
I heard many of our group telling others they would return with their friends and especially the grandchildren.
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